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Laker junior Melissa Paakh swims the 100-yard butterfly during the Class 1A finals Saturday inside the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center. Paakh finished in second place for the second straight year. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)

sports Detroit Lakes junior Melissa Paakh couldn't get any closer to being a state champion after finishing second to Hutchinson's Audrey Kumm in the 100-yard butterfly in consecutive years.
Paakh's 56.51 time in the finals of the 100 butterfly during the Class 1A state swimming and diving meet at the University...
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2013-03-04 21:10:42

Detroit Lakes junior Melissa Paakh couldn't get any closer to being a state champion after finishing second to Hutchinson's Audrey Kumm in the 100-yard butterfly in consecutive years.

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Paakh's 56.51 time in the finals of the 100 butterfly during the Class 1A state swimming and diving meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center Saturday was good enough for an automatic All-American honor, but just not quite fast enough to top Kumm's mark of 55.81.